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Basically an AXN Challenge sees participants doing a variety
of activities like rope climbing, kayaking. There are also mental
tests which tests how well the teams of three can think on their
feet. All members of a team have to cross the finish line together.
Otherwise they are disqualified. The next AXN Challenge takes
place In Phillipines on 27 November.
A couple of years ago AXN had held a mini Challenge for India in
conjunction with the Hong Kong Tourism Board. The winners were then
sent to Hong Kong to participate in the AXN Challenge. The
event next year will no doubt look at expanding on this.
Besides the logistical issues if there is a drawback in these proposed
plans for India it is the fact that Indians are not adventurous
and do not enjoy playing sports. In 2002 most of the participants
came from the Indian Army and Navy. This is not the case in other
Asian countries like Singapore and Malaysia where you have executives
and business professionals participating along with professional
racers.
As far as this year's India Pakistan Challenge is concerned
the preliminary rounds have been completed. The finale takes place
in Taiwan in the middle of next month. Bhandari added that the delay
was on account of storm warnings that had been issued in the country.
Meanwhile on the programming front AXN will do something quite
rare for it. It will premiere a high profile movie that has not
been seen on Indian television. This is Michael Moore's documentary
Bowling For Columbine and airs on 28 November at 8 pm.
It won an Oscar earlier this year and deals with America's gun
culture. What is interesting is that Moore's film reveals that while
Canada has the same number of guns as America Canadians do not shoot
each other.
The guns are used for hunting purposes. Also the documentary pooh
poohs the theory that violence in America is on account of its violent
past. Germany had the holocaust in the second World War. However
Germans today do not go around killing each other.
The channel will also kick off the sixth edition of the reality
show The Amazing Race every Sunday at 5 pm from 21 November.
This is just four days after CBS premieres the show in the US. As
in the past participants run around the world in the hopes of winning
a grand prize of $1 million
The previous edition of The Amazing Race saw California
couple Chip and Kim McAllister a sporty duo from the Los Angeles
suburbs pull out all the stops to cross the finish line first.
To net their million-dollar reward, Chip and Kim covered more than
72,000 miles of terrain across six continents and 11 countries.
They ran, hiked and even made use of a luge to snag the first place
slot.
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